REMAIN FAITHFUL

REMAIN FAITHFUL

II Tim. 4:7 I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.  NLT

      Do you like a good fight?  Most people would prefer not to fight.  We teach our children to settle their differences in other ways because we learned the hard way that when people fight, someone will get hurt.  We knew that there was a good possibility that it would be us as a child growing up fighting, and it often was us that got hurt.  We now see fighting as a sign of immaturity.  There are better ways to resolve conflicts than fighting.  Yet, fighting is a normal part of living.

      There have been wars amongst men for centuries.  We don’t like it but accept it as part of life on earth.  Power drives people to want to conquer those who don’t like them, threaten them, or are weaker than they are.  A vast horde of humanity loses their lives because of war.  Sometimes war takes on physical form and sometimes it is verbal in nature.

      Great damage is done when people fight each other with words.  Psychological and emotional scars are left that plagues the soul for years to come if not resolved.  Some people are very good at fighting with words. 

       When words are written rather than spoken, the potential is there for great damage to be done because the reader does not know the meaning behind the words.  Assumptions can be made that were never intended.  Be careful what you say to another when you write.

      There is also a fighting that takes place over the soul of man.  There is a constant battle everyone fights over the integrity of his soul.  Every believer constantly is at war with the forces of evil.  No one can escape this fight.  If you are not in a spiritual war, you are not living rightly with God. 

       Live in such a way that you can say with Paul that you have fought a good fight, that you have finished what you started when you came to Christ, that you have been faithful to the end.  Don’t let Satan get the upper hand; resist him daily.  It’s not an easy fight to win, but it is a very winnable fight when you live submissively and obediently to Christ.

      You won’t win if you do not finish.  There may be many obstacles along the way, but you must finish what you have started.  There is no timeouts in the race.  Keep plugging away and you will get to the finish line and great will be your reward in heaven.